Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to prioritise data disaggregation for all forms of exclusion, including by ethnic group, in advance of next year's Data Festival and the development of an SDG Data Disaggregation Charter.

At the World Data Forum in January 2017, DFID launched its Data Disaggregation Action Plan. Under the Action Plan, DFID will work with others in the international community to develop tools, methods and guidance across all Sustainable Development Goal disaggregation variables, including ethnic group, as well as disaggregating its own data. The UK is supporting the development of a new global, Inclusive Data Charter, building upon the DFID Data Disaggregation Action Plan and covering all forms of disaggregation.